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Whose sustainability counts? : BASIX's long march from microfinance to livelihoods /

Is microfinance failing to meet its promise? Several recent events have undermined confidence in microfinance and microfinance institutions (MFIs). They range from the collapse of the microfinance industry in Andhra Pradesh, to the Bangladesh government's dismissal of Grameen Bank President Muh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harper, Malcolm, 1935-
Otros Autores: Iyer, Lalitha, Rosser, Jane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Is microfinance failing to meet its promise? Several recent events have undermined confidence in microfinance and microfinance institutions (MFIs). They range from the collapse of the microfinance industry in Andhra Pradesh, to the Bangladesh government's dismissal of Grameen Bank President Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Prize-winner and venerated father of microcredit, to the increasing publicity about micro-loan debt bondage and debt-induced suicides of MFI clients in the subcontinent. What do these crises signify for the future of microfinance? Are the basic principles of finance for the poor salvage.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index.
ISBN:9781565494527
1565494520